Battle.net announces an "important security update," revealing Blizzard has discovered "unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network." As a result, they recommend that North American users change their passwords, though they say they believe that the information retrieved "alone is NOT enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts." They also have written up an Important Security Update FAQ with all the details on this, including the surprising news that "information was taken that could potentially compromise the integrity of North American Mobile Authenticators," which will lead to a software updates.

Prez wrote on Aug 9, 2012, 19:51:All the bad press in the world isn't going to change the fact that Blizzard made around a trillion bucks off of Diablo 3 - what incentive do they have to change a thing?

They don't and they won't. Blizzard will continually churn out these mechanisms because World of Warcraft and Facebook have taught them that you can make money out of operant conditioning while providing almost nothing of actual value.

Just give up. Realise that every subsequent Blizzard release is going to be a pretty mask for the same old operant conditioning grind - because that's all they know how to produce. Blizzard hasn't innovated in more than a decade. The real gameplay story is elsewhere.

Stop talking about them, stop thinking about them, stop discussing their shit. Focus your attention on game companies who deliver value. You won't stop Blizzard from producing dreck for suckers but you will spend your time on something which provides value.